Letters, Sep. 25, 1972

Sir / Any Republican should be deeply ashamed of the handling of the
1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach [Sept. 4]. Nixon
managed to disinfect the hall and eliminate anyone whose thinking might
differ from his, while still campaigning on the same old promises we
gullibly swallowed in '68. He had the gall to suggest that the majority
of the youth in this country, many of whom he has lumped under the
category of "bums," would abandon their principles and support him
rather than Senator McGovern. Perhaps the worst part...